FIMBRIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FIMBRIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIMBRIATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIMBRIATE is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIMBRIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIMBRIATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FIMBRIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FIMBRIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FIMBRIATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having a fringed edge with thin, hair-like or finger-like projections.
Botanists describe a petal as fimbriate when its margin is cut into a delicate fringe, as in many pinks. The same word is used for the frayed end of the Fallopian tube in anatomy. It conveys a finer fringe than the word toothed.
How FIMBRIATE is used
Used in botany and anatomy to describe fringed edges.
- The fimbriate petals of the flower looked like lace.
- A fimbriate margin lines the end of the tube.
- The moss has fimbriate leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIMBRIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIMBRIATE
2 longer words begin with FIMBRIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in FIMBRIATE
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Common questions about FIMBRIATE
- Is FIMBRIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIMBRIATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIMBRIATE worth?
- FIMBRIATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIMBRIATE mean?
- Having a fringed edge with thin, hair-like or finger-like projections.
- What letters can be added to FIMBRIATE?
- FIMBRIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FIMBRIATE:
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